“Hand in hand for a green environment” in Bac Ninh province

The program aims to raise awareness about environmental protection among pupils and guide them to protect the environment through simple actions in daily life; contributing to the movement of creating a green - clean - modern environment in the country.

At the ceremony, Director of Canon's Que Vo factory Eiji Yasuda said: "Vietnam has been ranked among the five countries likely to be most affected by climate change, such as droughts, floods, and storm tides. From urban to rural area, the environment is currently facing lot of concerns. Environmental protection is the cause of the whole society, the right as well responsibility of state agencies, organizations, households and individuals”.

Canon staffs also guide pupils protect the environment following 3R - an effective environmental protection activity in the world. 3R is abbreviation of 3 English words meaning Reduce - Reuse - Recycle. Nowadays, 3R is still unfamiliar among pupils. They also joined in two games named “reuse - using used things to make new things, and “rubbish classification”.

Later, some 30 CVN volunteers, youth members from Nghia Dao commune and pupils jointly cleaned up and collected rubbish along rural roads and public areas.

On this occasion, Canon Vietnam also gave a laser printer, five plastic rubbish bins and over 400 gift sets to pupils in order to serving daily activities and ensure hygiene quality at school. Besides, the Japanese company presented a laser printer to Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghia Dao commune to serve their work.

As scheduled, on December 23rd, it will cooperate with Bac Giang province Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to host the same program in Dong Huu primary school, Yen The district with the participation of around 200 pupils and nearly 100 CVN volunteers.

This is the 19th event that organized by CVN in the Northern provinces of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Hanoi capital./.